Adaan’s Story

Shah Adaan Uzzaman is an entrepreneur and investor. Adaan is the Founder & CEO of Adaanist and Co-Founder & CEO of Strategic Signals. He is currently studying Economics at Columbia University.

He is a former Bangladesh Television Debate Champion and is considered one of the best debaters in Bangladesh. Adaan has closely advised several Bangladeshi policymakers and politicians since he was 19 years old.

He studied business at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka, for three years before moving to New York. In Bangladesh, he co-founded and served as CEO of a clean-tech startup called Dumpy. He also co-founded Bangladesh's first English policy blog, The Confluence.